Food and Drinks in the Botanic Gardens
There is a fine outdoor café behind the right annex of the Palmhouse—very casual—that serves hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, and ice cream. It sits beneath narrow trees with wide, parasol-like canopies to filter but not block the sun.
While I did not see any “no picnicking” signs in the gardens, this is probably not the park to lay down a blanket on the lawn and let the kids run amok. Nevertheless, the numerous benches and nearby trash bins suggest a bench picnic will not agitate the botanists into chasing you out at the tines of a pitchfork.
Outside the Botanic Gardens
The main entrance to the gardens is just a block north of Copenhagen’s shopping district, starting at Kobmagergade. This is also the beginning of the city center, through which you can wander all the way to the canals to the east, Christiansborg Palace, Nyhavn, and over to Tivoli amusement park. For a full list of amusements, tourist sites, and nightlife, jump to the Copenhagen city page.
Directions to the Botanic Gardens
The main entrance to Botanic Gardens is at the corner of Gothersgade and Oster Voldgade, just across the northwest corner of Copenhagen’s city center. The Gardens are a few blocks north of Orsteds Park, a great recreation park. You can take the metro or S-train to the Norreport Straade station, and then walk north on Oster Voldgade.
Copenhagen’s Botanic Gardens are free of charge. The greenhouse is open year round. The gardens are accessible from May–September.
(return to the Copenhagen Botanic Gardens main page here)
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